After TLAM initial wave (TOT 1800-1810Z) Owl 08 and 01 were on station from TOT 1815-1845Z jamming in support of not only the 13 stealth and 6 conventional aircraft (OBS) which penetrated the heart of the Baghdad Super MEZ, but also protecting over 30 aircraft employing stand-off weapons, ARM and direct munitions in vicinity of Baghdad and Al Taqaddam.

The deployment of the arsenal ship; namely, a naval platform designed to carry a significant number of missiles that can be used not only for deep strikes (with the TLAM, block IV) but also in support of troops and in battlefield interdiction (using missile systems such as the Army tactical missile system [ATACMS]), and to provide the killing mechanisms for air and missile defense umbrellas for operations on shore.

Finally, some DoD and manufacturers' postwar claims about weapon-system performance, particularly for the F-117, TLAM and laser-guided bombs, were determined to be overstated, misleading, inconsistent with the best available data or unverifiable.

Of the seven moving parts of the operation--intelligence preparation of the battle area, target location, strike command and control, weather, TLAM launch, navigation and battle damage assessment--only one, the actual launching of the TLAM itself, does not depend directly on space assets.

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